Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part III

[saor]

Some great films still coming out this year:

Our Lost Daughter
Parallel Mothers
Licorice Pizza
Flee
Spielberg's West Side Story

And Power of the Dog just launched yesterday on Netflix.

/j

 

[Neoprod]

Heh, that reminds me of people making fun of Stephen Fry on QI.

 

[Nanfeishen]

Alex Ryder Season 2 out and about

/sorry wrong thread

 

[Neoprod]

Silent Night (2021) 5/10

Annabelle Wallis and Keira Knightley in a strange Xmas movie about the end of the world. The movie shifts so rapidly back and forth between black comedy and mild horror, it's off-putting. Weird film.

 

[dualmeister]

Silent Night (2021) 5/10

Annabelle Wallis and Keira Knightley in a strange Xmas movie about the end of the world. The movie shifts so rapidly back and forth between black comedy and mild horror, it's off-putting. Weird film.

Sounds like my kind of movie

 

[FiestaST]

Silent Night (2021) 6/10

So so black comedy that starts out predictable & then does an about-turn with serious undertones. I found most of the characters unlikeable also.

Spoiler: Better Title

Should have been called: Christmas Apocalypse

 

[FiestaST]

Belfast (2021) 7/10

Powerful coming of age drama. Good storytelling, a moving watch with a honest message.

 

[Pho3nix]

Silent Night (2021) 5/10

Annabelle Wallis and Keira Knightley in a strange Xmas movie about the end of the world. The movie shifts so rapidly back and forth between black comedy and mild horror, it's off-putting. Weird film.

Surprised you didn't like it

 

[dualmeister]

Yes.

Nash Bridges (TV Movie 2021) - IMDb

Nash Bridges: Directed by Greg Beeman. With Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Joe Dinicol, Diarra Kilpatrick. After a year as civilian, old Nash is back in SFPD's SIU to investigate a series of "unrelated" murders.

www.imdb.com

Was actually enjoying until the woke gender neutral character appeared

 

[Neoprod]

Surprised you didn't like it

Spoiler

It's a weird one...thematically it appeals to me and Annabelle Wallis and Keira Knightley are good actresses but the movie's different pieces don't come together for me. I would have preferred it stayed a black comedy with unlikeable characters or a serious drama that tries to make you care about the characters...the 2 approaches at different moments don't work together.

 

[Datura]

Belfast (2021) 7/10

Powerful coming of age drama. Good storytelling, a moving watch with a honest message.

Just about to make a couple toasted cheeses crack an ale open and watch this.

 

[Readsalot]

Was actually enjoying until the woke gender neutral character appeared

I kind of want to see it but I also kind of don't.

 

[dualmeister]

Silent Night (2021) 6/10

So so black comedy that starts out predictable & then does an about-turn with serious undertones. I found most of the characters unlikeable also.

Spoiler: Better Title

Should have been called: Christmas Apocalypse

I'm 25 mins in and waiting for something to get my attention

 

[saor]

I'm 25 mins in and waiting for something to get my attention

That's what she said.

 

[dualmeister]

I'm 25 mins in and waiting for something to get my attention

LOL **** no wonder. Radarr grabbed the wrong one ....

Silent Night (2020) - IMDb

Silent Night: Directed by Will Thorne. With Bradley Taylor, Cary Crankson, Frank Harper, Nathaniel Martello-White. Mark, a low end South London hitman recently released from prison, tries to go straight for his daughter, but gets drawn back in by Alan, his former cellmate, to do one final job.

www.imdb.com

 

[daveza]

So which one is the right one ....

 

[dualmeister]

So which one is the right one ....

The one that is a few hours old and not days

 

[daveza]

This ?

 

[FiestaST]

This ?

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That's the 1. YMMV on it. Has its moments but a missed opportunity & crappy casting imo.

 

[WaxLyrical]

One Shot (2021) - 6.5/10. Skillfully handled single take actioner.